COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN HIGHWAY DESIGN. PART 2: DATA ACQUISITION AND SETTING OUT

The following papers were presented in part 2: capture and storage of topographic data as a preliminary to road design, Ternryd, CO; review of digital terrain models, Ternryd, CO; a fundamental examination of the concepts of accuracy in terrain data and earthworks calculations, Ternryd, CO; the adaptation of photogrammetric techniques to road design needs, Adolfsson, B; the use of electronic distance and direct reading tacheometers and survey systems based on them, Adolfsson, B; setting out methods, Djurhuus, O; particular problems of junction design, Hiersche, EU. For the cover abstract of the proceedings, see IRRD Abstract no. 212272. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • From the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute.
• Corporate Authors:

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  Division of Scientific Affairs
  Brussels 39,   Belgium 
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 14-97
• Serial:
  • Publication of: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • Publisher: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Alignment; Classification; Data collection; Digital computers; Drainage; Earthwork; Errors; Geometric segments; Highway design; Intersections; Layout; Mathematical models; Optical instruments; Photogrammetry; Rocks; Setting out (Surveying); Soils; Surface course (Pavements); Surveying; Tachometers; Terrain; Topography
• Uncontrolled Terms: Digital techniques; Longitudinal profile; Transverse profile
• Old TRIS Terms: Lay-out; Setting out
• ITRD Terms: 4006: Aerial photography; 2894: Alignment; 8513: Classification; 8623: Data acquisition; 8673: Digital computer; 2937: Drainage; 2804: Earthwork balance; 3653: Earthworks; 6440: Error; 2855: Highway design; 455: Junction; 2885: Layout; 2825: Longitudinal profile; 6473: Mathematical model; 6782: Optical instrument; 4004: Photogrammetry; 4154: Rock; 2868: Setting out (surveying); 4156: Soil; 4025: Surveying (land); 4035: Terrain; 2843: Transverse profile
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125059
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 18 1975 12:00AM